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The Fatty Crew Comes to Central Park

Fatty Crew HospitalityPullcart at a parks department promotion last month.

The first food cart fielded by the Fatty empire — Pullcart — has found its first permanent home: the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park.

After a soft opening last weekend, the bosky forest-green-and-sky-blue cart opened for business in a “cart cafe” with 12 tables and 48 seats on Monday near the terrace arcade, with a view of the fountain. Its offerings include pulled pork sandwiches for $9, mozzarella and smoked Gruyère grilled-cheese sandwiches for $8, a house-made pork hot dog for $7, and an organic chicken salad sandwich on a baguette for $9.

The city parks department said that Pullcart was the latest vendor to respond to its January request to fill some 50 park locations with food more diverse than pretzels and hot dogs.

Its license requires Fatty Crew Hospitality to pay the city $544,154 — or 15 percent of the gross, whichever is greater — during its six-year lease. The cart will operate seasonally from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pullcart has applied for a liquor license to sell wine and beer, and “expects to have it in the coming weeks,” said Kate Telfeyan, a spokeswoman.